ROSEBURG, Ore. – The man who murdered 18-year-old Kendra Hanks in 2022 after allegedly kidnapping her while she was on the way home from work has been sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder, court documents show.
Court records show Phelps, now 41, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on May 7, 2024. He was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of 30 years before he is eligible for parole or probation and no chance of work release or any form of temporary leave. Charges of second-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping were dismissed. Court records show Phelps and his attorneys filed several motions during the process of the case to suppress evidence such as cell phone and business records, to disallow certain individuals from testifying at a jury trial, to change the judge presiding over the case, and to change the venue of the case because it was believed media and social media coverage of the case would make it nearly impossible to find an unbiased jury.
Troy Phelps, 41, is facing a minimum of 30 years in prison for murdering an 18-year-old woman after allegedly kidnapping her in 2022.
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Happy to see Phelps sentence, he will be 71 before he has a chance of parole - if he lives that long in prison.
GOOD RIDDANCE!!